diff --git a/http-body-util/Cargo.toml b/http-body-util/Cargo.toml
index c9d36aa..adbb2b9 100644
--- a/http-body-util/Cargo.toml
+++ b/http-body-util/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ Combinators and adapters for HTTP request or response bodies.
 keywords = ["http"]
 categories = ["web-programming"]
 
+[features]
+default = []
+channel = ["dep:tokio"]
+full = ["channel"]
+
 [dependencies]
 bytes = "1"
 futures-util = { version = "0.3.14", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
@@ -32,5 +37,8 @@ http = "1"
 http-body = { version = "1", path = "../http-body" }
 pin-project-lite = "0.2"
 
+# optional dependencies
+tokio = { version = "1", features = ["sync"], optional = true }
+
 [dev-dependencies]
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["macros", "rt"] }
diff --git a/http-body-util/src/channel.rs b/http-body-util/src/channel.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc3220f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/http-body-util/src/channel.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+//! A body backed by a channel.
+
+use std::{
+    fmt::Display,
+    pin::Pin,
+    task::{Context, Poll},
+};
+
+use bytes::Buf;
+use http::HeaderMap;
+use http_body::{Body, Frame};
+use tokio::sync::mpsc;
+
+/// A body backed by a channel.
+pub struct Channel<D, E = std::convert::Infallible> {
+    rx_frame: mpsc::Receiver<Frame<D>>,
+    rx_error: mpsc::Receiver<E>,
+}
+
+impl<D, E> Channel<D, E> {
+    /// Create a new channel body.
+    ///
+    /// The channel will buffer up to the provided number of messages. Once the buffer is full,
+    /// attempts to send new messages will wait until a message is received from the channel. The
+    /// provided buffer capacity must be at least 1.
+    pub fn new(buffer: usize) -> (Sender<D, E>, Self) {
+        let (tx_frame, rx_frame) = mpsc::channel(buffer);
+        let (tx_error, rx_error) = mpsc::channel(1);
+        (Sender { tx_frame, tx_error }, Self { rx_frame, rx_error })
+    }
+}
+
+impl<D, E> Body for Channel<D, E>
+where
+    D: Buf,
+{
+    type Data = D;
+    type Error = E;
+
+    fn poll_frame(
+        mut self: Pin<&mut Self>,
+        cx: &mut Context<'_>,
+    ) -> Poll<Option<Result<Frame<Self::Data>, Self::Error>>> {
+        match self.rx_frame.poll_recv(cx) {
+            Poll::Ready(frame) => return Poll::Ready(frame.map(Ok)),
+            Poll::Pending => {}
+        }
+
+        match self.rx_error.poll_recv(cx) {
+            Poll::Ready(err) => return Poll::Ready(err.map(Err)),
+            Poll::Pending => {}
+        }
+
+        Poll::Pending
+    }
+}
+
+impl<D, E> std::fmt::Debug for Channel<D, E> {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        f.debug_struct("Channel")
+            .field("rx_frame", &self.rx_frame)
+            .field("rx_error", &self.rx_error)
+            .finish()
+    }
+}
+
+/// A sender half created through [`Channel::new`].
+pub struct Sender<D, E = std::convert::Infallible> {
+    tx_frame: mpsc::Sender<Frame<D>>,
+    tx_error: mpsc::Sender<E>,
+}
+
+impl<D, E> Sender<D, E> {
+    /// Send a frame on the channel.
+    pub async fn send(&self, frame: Frame<D>) -> Result<(), SendError> {
+        self.tx_frame.send(frame).await.map_err(|_| SendError)
+    }
+
+    /// Send data on data channel.
+    pub async fn send_data(&self, buf: D) -> Result<(), SendError> {
+        self.send(Frame::data(buf)).await
+    }
+
+    /// Send trailers on trailers channel.
+    pub async fn send_trailers(&self, trailers: HeaderMap) -> Result<(), SendError> {
+        self.send(Frame::trailers(trailers)).await
+    }
+
+    /// Aborts the body in an abnormal fashion.
+    pub fn abort(self, error: E) {
+        match self.tx_error.try_send(error) {
+            Ok(_) => {}
+            Err(err) => {
+                match err {
+                    mpsc::error::TrySendError::Full(_) => {
+                        // Channel::new creates the error channel with space for 1 message and we
+                        // only send once because this method consumes `self`. So the receiver
+                        // can't be full.
+                        unreachable!("error receiver should never be full")
+                    }
+                    mpsc::error::TrySendError::Closed(_) => {}
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<D, E> std::fmt::Debug for Sender<D, E> {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        f.debug_struct("Sender")
+            .field("tx_frame", &self.tx_frame)
+            .field("tx_error", &self.tx_error)
+            .finish()
+    }
+}
+
+/// The error returned if [`Sender`] fails to send because the receiver is closed.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+#[non_exhaustive]
+pub struct SendError;
+
+impl Display for SendError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "failed to send frame")
+    }
+}
+
+impl std::error::Error for SendError {}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use bytes::Bytes;
+    use http::{HeaderName, HeaderValue};
+
+    use crate::BodyExt;
+
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn works() {
+        let (tx, body) = Channel::<Bytes>::new(1024);
+
+        tokio::spawn(async move {
+            tx.send_data(Bytes::from("Hel")).await.unwrap();
+            tx.send_data(Bytes::from("lo!")).await.unwrap();
+
+            let mut trailers = HeaderMap::new();
+            trailers.insert(
+                HeaderName::from_static("foo"),
+                HeaderValue::from_static("bar"),
+            );
+            tx.send_trailers(trailers).await.unwrap();
+        });
+
+        let collected = body.collect().await.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(collected.trailers().unwrap()["foo"], "bar");
+        assert_eq!(collected.to_bytes(), "Hello!");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/http-body-util/src/lib.rs b/http-body-util/src/lib.rs
index 059ada6..7da96a6 100644
--- a/http-body-util/src/lib.rs
+++ b/http-body-util/src/lib.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ mod full;
 mod limited;
 mod stream;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "channel")]
+pub mod channel;
+
 mod util;
 
 use self::combinators::{BoxBody, MapErr, MapFrame, UnsyncBoxBody};
@@ -31,6 +34,9 @@ pub use self::full::Full;
 pub use self::limited::{LengthLimitError, Limited};
 pub use self::stream::{BodyStream, StreamBody};
 
+#[cfg(feature = "channel")]
+pub use self::channel::Channel;
+
 /// An extension trait for [`http_body::Body`] adding various combinators and adapters
 pub trait BodyExt: http_body::Body {
     /// Returns a future that resolves to the next [`Frame`], if any.